Economists warn that the world economy is at risk of slipping into a recession.

Trading in inverse ETFs -- vehicles that win when the market loses -- is eclipsing activity in bullish leveraged products by the widest margin since the financial crisis.

It is highly unusual for both fixed income and equities to perform so badly at the same time, but inflation has flipped their correlation to the same direction.

The ProShares Short Bitcoin Strategy ETF (ticker BITI) launches Tuesday, becoming the first inverse exchange-traded fund in the US linked to the largest cryptocurrency.

The underlying economic data doesn’t support the gloom-and-doom headlines, and for bond investors, there are corners of opportunities to find higher yield.

Taking losses to offset capital gains can prove to be a smart strategy come tax time.